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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

WASHINGTON PAINTER, OF ALBION, ILLINOIS.

STUM P-PLOW.

ESPECIPICATION foiming part of Letters Patent No. 868.778, dated August 23, 1887.

' I Application filed June 10, 1887. Serial No. 240,927. (No model.)

To 0026 whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WAsHINeroN PAINTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albion, in the county of Edwards and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stump-Flows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw- 1ngs.

This invention is an improvement on my Letters Patent No. 192,930, dated July 10, 1877; and said improvement consists, mainly, in a novel connection'of the stilts and their sustaining-braces with the rear end of the plow-beam, and also with the rear end of the wing of the mold-board; also in other novel features, which will be fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved implement, showing the diagonal brace-rod secured to the rear end of the beam and having the forked braces of the stilts secured to said beam. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the plow, showing clearly the diagonal brace and its two binding-nuts. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the landside of my improved plow. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical cross-section through the plow, taken in the plane indicated by dotted line 00 :0 on Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view in detail for the purpose of illustrating the oblong segmental slot at the rear end of the standard-shank. Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-section on line 1; Fig. 5.

Referring to the annexed drawings by letter, Adesignates the beam of the plow, which is provided with a clevis, B, in the usual mannor.

0' O designate the stilts or handles, which are secured by a transverse bolt, h, to the beam A at their forward ends. Near therear extremities of the said stilts the upper ends of braces D D are secured by means of a transverse bar, 0, provided with nuts inside and outside. This bar with its nuts serves not only as a lateral brace, but it also serves as a tie-bar.

The lower ends of the braces D D terminate in straight extensions (1 d, which are recessed into the rear part of the beam A. The upper portions of the said extensions are rigidly secured to the beam A by means verse bolt, (2*.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 4 that the lower portions of the straight ends (I d are rigidly united to the plow-beam by means of the transverse part 9" of a diagonal brace, G, which part is screw-threaded and provided with nuts I) I), by means of which the upper end of the brace G is rigidly but adjustably secured to the beam. The outer end of the brace G is bent at an angle to itself and secured to the rear extremity of the moldboard N by means of a countersunk bolt and nut, g. i

The mold-board N is formed integral with a landside-section, a, which is jointed by an angular halfscarf, s, to a curved skeleton standard, R, which in horizontal cross-section is U-shaped, terminating flush with the sole of the plow. The upper end of the standard R is flattened, forming a shank-bearing, 1', through the front part of which passes vertically a bolt, 1), which is the pivotal bolt for the standard and its mold-board. In rear of this pivotal bolt is a vertical bolt, 10, which passes through a slot, f (shown clearly in Fig. 5,) through the beam, and is secured by nuts, which also binds and rigidly holds the point of the plow in proper alignment with a colter, E, and the landside plane of the implement.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 1 that the colter E is beveled at e on the sod side of the plow. This colter may be secured in the same manner as described in my patent above referred to or in any other suitable manner.

In operation I am able to adjust the point of the plow and to set it to take more or less land, as circumstances may require; also the adjustment can be readily made so as to fix the plow to run practically even in avoiding stumps, stones, &c.

Having described my invention,what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination of a plow-beam, the handles thereof, the transverse brace c, the diagoof a transnal braces D D, the lateral brace G, secured In testimony whereof I affix my signature in t0 the mold-board at one end and angular near presence of two Witnesses. the opposite end, passed through the lower ends of the braces D D and beam A and pro- WVASHINGTON PAINTER Vided with nuts, and a plow-standard which Witnesses: is laterally adjustable about a front vertical LEE WOODS,

axis, substantially as described. WILLIAM R. STRAWN. 

